Chart for keeping records of bridge-whist.



'PATENTBD Nov. 1s, 1906..

J. B. RUSSEL-L CHART PGRKBEPING RECORDS of' BRIDGE WHIST APPLIUATIONFILED `P11.1.1.19o.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Lu LF:

mig N @uw NMWWEMWSNN W #aan m rma mmm: Perses ca., wnNmgfgN, b.

w .R 3% M www A 9 9 3 J. E. RUSSELL'. l(LEA-PCI -E'OR KEEPING BEGGRBS 0FBRIDGE 'WHI APPLICATION FILED APR 14 1903 rnl: mmm: rrirxns N.,WAIINNINM DI I WN Essu UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE. JAMES E. RUSSEL, OFNEW YORK, N, Y.

CHART FOR KEEPING RECORDS OF BRIDGE-WHIST Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Nov. 1e, 190e.

Application filed April 14,1906. Serial No. 311.651.

To all whom it Wha/y concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs E. RUSSELL, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of New York, in the borough of Brooklyn, county ofKings, and State of N ew York, have invented a new and useful Improvesment in a Chart for Keeping a Record of Bridge-Whist, of which thefollowing is a 4 specification.

. to indicate similar This invention relates to a bridge-whist recordadapted for use by those desiring to secure a correct and reliable indexto indi- .vidual skillin. connection with partnership lay and theresults of the gaine or games.

o the present time such record or records are limited to the results ofpartnership play in the count.

lThe invention consists of an arrangement of the record, which Will behereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view of the obverse side of the recordembodying the features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of thereverse side of the record. l

Similar letters of reference are employed arts in the views.

The record consists of a strip or sheet of suitable aper having suchdimensions in size or ruling as will'adapt it to receive the matterprinted thereon. The record is divided into three parts on its obverseside-an individual record a, a series of partnership records b b b b,and an associate supplemenh tary specification c, referring to specialfeatures of the game. The individual record occupies one side of theobverse strip or sheet of paper, the serial partnership record the otheror remaining side of part, arranged so that each one of the series willlie immediately above the special features or corresponding section ofthe record c.

The column in which a pear the words Series number refers to t e seriesnumber in the remaining columns devoted to the series of partnershiprecords and which shows at once in what series any certain play orfeature of individual play or incident connected therewith transpiredand the individual party to the transaction.

The 'record also includes spaces to indicate a succeeding number ofdealsin each and allA the series played, as well as spaces devoted toparticular features of the individual play in the series. The totalnumber of such succeeding deals invariably equal the total number ofmakes in any or all of the series. There has also been incorporated inthis record the usual explanatory statement or reference as to values.this record, Fig. 2, is the arrangement of a summary and analysis of theplay of each in-v dividual participating in any or all of the series onthe obverse side, Fig. 1, and a summary of such series.` The part e uponthe left side is devoted to a summary of all deals and makes in theseries. The greater allotment of the remaining s ace is intended for aseparate entry and ana ysis of all the different makes, the times ofeach, their character, and the reason governing each selection. Theremaining portion is for the tabulatin of the names of the parties andtheir persona or individual record. Immediately below this andcomprising all the remaining portion of the space k is the part orsection devoted to the estimating of percentages, if des'ired, andremarks germane or pertinent to the completed series; but I do not limitmyself to the precise arrangement shown, as the columns may betransposed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Havin thus fully described the invention, what is e aimed as new is- 1.A bridge-whist record having under the appropriate headings or statementof subject-matter, in ruled columns or spaces, at one end or partthereof, an individual record relating to eacli deal and the results ofindi- On the reverse side of vidual play, and extending on the same sideand in the remaining part, the results, and the results of partnershipplay in any number or series of games, with special features of theplays or games under each series, substantially as described.

2. A record of the character described consisting of a series of spacessuitably entitled for an individual record relating to each deal and theresults of individual play together with spaces for the results ofindividual and partnership plays substantially as described.

IOO

3. A record of the character described oonsisting of a series of spacessuitably entitled for an individual record relating to each deal and theresults of individual lay together 5 With spaces for an analysis and3summary of the game-properly designated by suitable Words substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

Witnesses JAMES E. RUSSELL..

PAUL M. PELLETREAU, ARTHUR M. MANDER.

